Factor X (Portuguese TV series)
| Factor X | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Simon Cowell |
| Presented by |
Bárbara Guimarães (1) João Manzarra Cláudia Vieira (2-) |
| Judges |
Paulo Junqueiro Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura (1-2) Miguel Guedes (2) Diogo Piçarra (3-) Susana Félix (3-) |
| Country of origin | Portugal |
| Original language(s) | Portuguese |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| Release | |
| Original network | SIC |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) |
| Original release | 6 October 2013 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
The X Factor (UK) Other international versions |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
Factor X is the Portuguese version of the television music competition The X Factor, originally created by Simon Cowell. The first episode premiered on October 6, 2013 hosted by Bárbara Guimarães, João Manzarra, Carolina Torres and Tiago Silva. The three judges are Paulo Junqueiro, Sónia Tavares and Paulo Ventura.
Format
Stages
- Stage 1: Producers' auditions – these auditions are un-televised, and decide who will sing in front of the judges
- Stage 2: Judges' auditions – either in an arena (series 1–2), an room audition and arena audition (3-)
- Stage 3: Bootcampo – either a series of challenges and knock out rounds and the seat challenge (series 1-)
- Stage 4: Judges' houses – either pre-recorded (series 1–)
- Stage 5: Live shows (1-)
Series overview
To date, two series have been broadcast, as summarised below.
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Boys" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Girls" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "16–24s" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Teens" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Young Adults" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Groups" category
Contestant in (or mentor of) "Over 25s" category
| Series | Start | Finish | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Winning mentor | Presenters | Portugal sponsor | Main judges |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 6 October 2013 | 9 February 2014 | Berg | Mariana | D8 | Sónia Tavares | João Manzarra Bárbara Guimarães |
OLX | Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura Paulo Junqueiro |
| Two | 7 September 2014 | 31 December 2014 | Kika Kardoso | Rúben Mendes | Inês Morais | Paulo Junqueiro | João Manzarra Cláudia Vieira |
Coca-Cola | Sónia Tavares Paulo Ventura Miguel Guedes Paulo Junqueiro |
| Three | 10 January 2016 | 19 June 2016 | Paulo Junqueiro Sónia Tavares Susana Félix Diogo Piçarra | ||||||
Judges' categories and their finalists
In each season, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live shows. This table shows, for each season, which category each judge was allocated and which acts he or she put through to the live shows.
Key:
- – Winning judge/category. Winners are in bold, eliminated contestants in small font.
| Season | Paulo Junqueiro | Sónia Tavares | Paulo Ventura | N/A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One | 16 to 24's Mariana D8 Diogo Rita Mafalda |
25 and overs Berg José Freitas Sara Jair Daduh King |
Groups Aurora Cupcake X4U Yeah!Land Netas do Fado | |
| Season | Paulo Junqueiro | Sónia Tavares | Paulo Ventura | Miguel Guedes |
| Two | Over 25s Kika Kardoso Rúben Mendes Jorge Baptista Lúcia Mourinho |
Boys João Duarte Júnior Oliveira Matheus Paraízo Rúben Pires |
Groups Babel P.Y.T. POP4ROC XTAG |
Girls Inês Morais Mimi Froes Isabela Nóbrega Marta Carvalho |
| Season | Paulo Junqueiro | Sónia Tavares | Susana Félix | Diogo Piçarra |
| Three | ||||
Series 1
- – Contestant was in the bottom two
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | 16 to 24's | 25 and Overs | ||||||||||||
| Berg | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st | |
| Mariana | N/A | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 2nd | |
| D8 | N/A | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | 3rd | |
| José Freitas | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 10) | |
| Aurora | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 9) | ||
| Cupcake | Bottom two | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 8) | |||
| Diogo | N/A | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 7) | ||||
| Sara | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 6) | |||||
| X4U | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | ||||||
| Yeah!Land | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 4) | |||||||
| Jair | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Safe | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 3) | ||||||||
| Rita | N/A | Bottom two | N/A | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | |||||||||
| Daduh King | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
| Mafalda | N/A | Bottom two | N/A | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
| Netas do Fado | Bottom two | N/A | N/A | Eliminated (Week 1) | ||||||||||
| Final showdown | None | Rita, Cupcake |
X4U, Jair |
Diogo, Yeah!Land |
X4U, Cupcake |
Aurora, Sara |
Diogo, Cupcake |
Aurora, Cupcake |
Aurora, D8 |
D8, José Freitas |
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated | |||
| Judges voted to | Save | |||||||||||||
| Junqueiros's vote | N/A | Rita | N/A | Rita | X4U | Diogo | N/A1 | Aurora | Diogo | Aurora | D8 | D8 | ||
| Venturas's vote | Cupcake | N/A | N/A | Cupcake | X4U | Yeah!Land | Cupcake | Aurora | Cupcake | Aurora | Aurora | D8 | ||
| Tavares's vote | N/A | N/A | Jair | Cupcake | Jair | Diogo | N/A1 | Sara | Cupcake | Cupcake | D8 | José Freitas | ||
| Eliminated | Netas do Fado by Ventura |
Mafalda by Junqueiro |
Daduh King by Tavares |
Rita 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Jair 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Yeah!Land 1 of 3 votes Minority |
X4U Eliminated by mentor |
Sara 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Diogo 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Cupcake 1 of 3 votes Minority |
Aurora 1 of 3 votes Minority |
José Freitas 1 of 3 votes Minority |
D8 Third Place | |
- Notes:
- 1 Ventura was the only mentor able to vote due to contestants in final showdown are both from groups category.
Series 2
Finalists
The categories and 16 final acts were as follows:
Key:
- – Winner
- – Runner-up
- – Third place
| Category (mentor) | Acts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (Tavares) | João Duarte | Júnior Oliveira | Matheus Paraízo | Rúben Pires | |
| Girls (Guedes) | Marta Carvalho | Mimi Froes | Inês Morais | Isabela Nóbrega | |
| Over 25s (Junqueiro) | Jorge Baptista | Kika Kardoso | Rúben Mendes | Lúcia Mourinho | |
| Groups (Ventura) | Babel | POP4ROC | P.Y.T. | XTAG | |
Results summary
- – Contestant was in the bottom two or three
- – Contestant was in the bottom three but received the fewest votes and was immediately eliminated
| Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys | Girls | Over 25s | Groups | |||||||||||||
| Kika Kardoso | N/A | N/A | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 1st | |||
| Rúben Mendes | N/A | N/A | Safe | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | 2nd | |||
| Inês Morais | N/A | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Safe | Safe | 3rd | |||
| Babel | N/A | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | 10th | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 4th | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 9) | |||
| Mimi Froes | N/A | Safe | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 5th | Eliminated (Week 8) | ||||
| Jorge Baptista | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom two | Bottom three | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 7) | |||||
| João Duarte | Safe | N/A | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | Bottom three | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||||||
| Isabela Nóbrega | N/A | Bottom two | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | Safe | 8th | Eliminated (Week 6) | ||||||
| P.Y.T. | N/A | N/A | N/A | Safe | Safe | Safe | 9th | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 5) | |||||||
| Júnior Oliveira | Bottom two | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Safe | 10th | Eliminated (Week 4) | ||||||||
| POP4ROC | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Safe | 11th | Eliminated (Week 3) | |||||||||
| Matheus Paraízo | Safe | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 2) | ||||||||||
| Rúben Pires | Bottom two | N/A | N/A | N/A | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||
| Ḿarta Carvalho | N/A | Bottom two | N/A | N/A | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||
| Lúcia Mourinho | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | N/A | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||
| XTAG | N/A | N/A | N/A | Bottom two | Eliminated (Week 1) | |||||||||||
| Final showdown | None | Matheus Paraízo Júnior Oliveira |
POP4ROC Babel |
P.Y.T. Júnior Oliveira |
Jorge Baptista P.Y.T. |
João Duarte Jorge Baptista |
Jorge Baptista Inês Morais |
Mimi Froes Babel |
Babel Rúben Mendes |
No judges' vote or final showdown: public votes alone decide who is eliminated | ||||||
| Judges voted to | Save | |||||||||||||||
| Guedes's vote | N/A | Isabela Nóbrega | N/A | N/A | Matheus Paraízo | POP4ROC | Júnior Oliveira | Jorge Baptista | Jorge Baptista | Inês Morais | Mimi Froes | Rúben Mendes | ||||
| Junqueiros's vote | N/A | N/A | Jorge Baptista | N/A | Júnior Oliveira | POP4ROC | P.Y.T. | Jorge Baptista | Jorge Baptista | Jorge Baptista | Mimi Froes | Rúben Mendes | ||||
| Venturas's vote | N/A | N/A | N/A | POP4ROC | Júnior Oliveira | Babel | P.Y.T. | P.Y.T. | Jorge Baptista | Inês Morais | Babel | Babel | ||||
| Tavares's vote | Júnior Oliveira | N/A | N/A | N/A | Júnior Oliveira | Babel | Júnior Oliveira | Jorge Baptista | João Duarte | Inês Morais | Babel | Rúben Mendes | ||||
| Eliminated | Rúben Pires by Tavares |
Marta Carvalho by Guedes |
Lúcia Mourinho by Junqueiro |
XTAG by Ventura |
Matheus Paraízo 1 of 4 votes Minority |
POP4ROC 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Júnior Oliveira 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
P.Y.T. 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Isabela Nóbrega Fewest votes to save |
Jorge Baptista 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Mimi Froes 2 of 4 votes Deadlock |
Babel 1 of 4 votes Minority |
Inês Morais Third Place | |||
| João Duarte 1 of 4 votes Minority | ||||||||||||||||
Week 1 (November 2, 2014)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Júnior Oliveira | 1 | "Feeling Good" | Bottom two |
| Matheus Paraízo | 2 | "Breezeblocks" | Safe |
| João Duarte | 3 | "Moves Like Jagger" | Safe |
| Rúben Pires | 4 | "Chandelier" | Eliminated |
| Jorge Baptista | 5 | "Alive" | Bottom two |
| Rúben Mendes | 6 | "Kiss from a Rose" | Safe |
| Kika Kardoso | 7 | "Respect" | Safe |
| Lúcia Mourinho | 8 | "Alfama" | Eliminated |
| XTAG | 9 | "Bang Bang" | Eliminated |
| Babel | 10 | "Everybody Hurts" | Safe |
| P.Y.T. | 11 | "All About That Bass" | Safe |
| POP4ROC | 12 | "The Look" | Bottom two |
| Isabela Nóbrega | 13 | "Stay" | Bottom two |
| Ḿarta Carvalho | 14 | "Roar" | Eliminated |
| Mimi Froes | 15 | "Believe" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 16 | "One and Only" | Safe |
Week 2 (November 9, 2014)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| POP4ROC | 1 | "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" | Safe |
| Mimi Froes | 2 | "Count On Me" | Safe |
| Kika Kardoso | 3 | "I Will Always Love You" | Safe |
| João Duarte | 4 | "Love on Top" | Safe |
| Babel | 5 | "Rude" | Safe |
| Jorge Baptista | 6 | "She" | Safe |
| Isabela Nóbrega | 7 | "Fix You" | Safe |
| Matheus Paraízo | 8 | "Sozinho" | Bottom two |
| P.Y.T. | 9 | "Best Day of My Life" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 10 | "Try" | Safe |
| Júnior Oliveira | 11 | "Only Girl (In the World)" | Bottom two |
| Rúben Mendes | 12 | "Treasure" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Matheus Paraízo | 1 | "Landfill" | Eliminated |
| Júnior Oliveira | 2 | "" | Safe |
Week 3 (November 16, 2014)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| P.Y.T. | 1 | "Shake It Off" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 2 | "You Give Me Something" | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 3 | "Wake Me Up" | Safe |
| Isabela Nóbrega | 4 | "Stay With Me" | Safe |
| Kika Kardoso | 5 | "Rolling in the Deep" | Safe |
| João Duarte | 6 | "Cannonball" | Safe |
| POP4ROC | 7 | "21 Guns" | Bottom two |
| Mimi Froes | 8 | "You Got the Love" | Safe |
| Júnior Oliveira | 9 | "Paparazzi" | Safe |
| Babel | 10 | "Blurred Lines" | Bottom two |
| Jorge Baptista | 11 | "Use Somebody" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| POP4ROC | 1 | "Say Something" | Eliminated |
| Babel | 2 | "Gravity" | Safe |
Week 4 (November 23, 2014)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kika Kardoso | 1 | "It's Raining Men" | Safe |
| Isabela Nóbrega | 2 | "Ordinary Love" | Safe |
| P.Y.T. | 3 | "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" | Bottom two |
| Mimi Froes | 4 | "Flashdance... What a Feeling" | Safe |
| Júnior Oliveira | 5 | "I Will Survive" | Bottom two |
| Inês Morais | 6 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | Safe |
| Jorge Baptista | 7 | "Iris" | Safe |
| João Duarte | 8 | "Over the Rainbow" | Safe |
| Babel | 9 | "Oh, Pretty Woman" | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 10 | "When a Man Loves a Woman" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| P.Y.T. | 1 | "Pompeii" | Safe |
| Júnior Oliveira | 2 | "Oh Happy Day" | Eliminated |
Week 5 (November 30, 2014)
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Baptista | 1 | "The Best" | Bottom two |
| Mimi Froes | 2 | "Diamonds" | Safe |
| João Duarte | 3 | "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 4 | "Killing Me Softly with His Song" | Safe |
| Babel | 5 | "The One That Got Away" | Safe |
| Isabela Nóbrega | 6 | "Back to Black" | Safe |
| P.Y.T. | 7 | "Give Me All Your Luvin'" | Bottom two |
| Kika Kardoso | 8 | "Hero" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 9 | "Crazy in Love" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| Jorge Baptista | 1 | "Wicked Game" | Safe |
| P.Y.T. | 2 | "Counting Stars" | Eliminated |
Week 6 (December 7, 2014)
- Theme: Songs from The Beatles
| Act | Order | Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rúben Mendes | 1 | "Come Together" | Safe |
| João Duarte | 2 | "Let It Be" | Bottom three |
| Isabela Nóbrega | 3 | "A Hard Day's Night" | Eliminated |
| Kika Kardoso | 4 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" | Safe |
| Babel | 5 | "Hey Jude" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 6 | "Something" | Safe |
| Jorge Baptista | 7 | "Yesterday" | Bottom three |
| Mimi Froes | 8 | "Don't Let Me Down" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||
| João Duarte | 1 | "A Moment Like This" | Eliminated |
| Jorge Baptista | 2 | "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes" | Safe |
Week 7 (December 14, 2014)
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jorge Baptista | 1 | "Magic" | 7 | "Dancing in the Dark" | Bottom two |
| Inês Morais | 2 | "Prayer in C" | 10 | "The Power of Love" | Bottom two |
| Mimi Froes | 3 | "Balada do Desajeitado" | 8 | "Like a Prayer" | Safe |
| Kika Kardoso | 4 | "Story of My Life" | 9 | "Thriller" | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 5 | "Budapest" | 11 | "Somebody to Love" | Safe |
| Babel | 6 | "Say Something" | 12 | "With or Without You" | Safe |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Jorge Baptista | 1 | "Karma Police" | Eliminated | ||
| Inês Morais | 2 | "I Was Here" | Safe | ||
Week 8 (December 21, 2014)
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kika Kardoso | 1 | "Hallelujah" | 9 | "Halo" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 2 | "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 10 | "Un-Break My Heart" | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 3 | "When You Believe" | 6 | "Please Come Home for Christmas" | Safe |
| Mimi Froes | 4 | "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" | 7 | "One" | Bottom two |
| Babel | 5 | "Gravity" | 8 | "Do They Know It's Christmas?" | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Mimi Froes | 1 | "People Help the People" | Eliminated | ||
| Babel | 2 | "Broken Strings" | Safe | ||
Week 9 (December 28, 2014)
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song (duet) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ines Morais | 1 | "Mirrors" | 5 | "Let Me Be" (with Mónica Ferraz) | Safe |
| Kika Kardoso | 2 | "Canção de Alterne" | 4 | "Wonder Why" (with The Black Mamba) | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 3 | "Dance Little Sister" | 6 | "Mountains" (with Carolina Deslandes) | Bottom two |
| Babel | 4 | "More Than Words" | 8 | "S.O.L.O." (with D8) | Bottom two |
| Final showdown details | |||||
| Rúben Mendes | 1 | "Always" | Safe | ||
| Babel | 2 | "One" | Eliminated | ||
Week 10 (December 31, 2014)
Round 1
| Act | Order | First Song | Order | Second Song | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kika Kardoso | 1 | "Girl on Fire" | 6 | "Because of You" | Safe |
| Rúben Mendes | 2 | "Love Never Felt So Good" | 4 | "Uptown Funk" | Safe |
| Inês Morais | 3 | "Todo o Tempo do Mundo" | 5 | "Set Fire to the Rain" | Third Place |
Final Round
| Act | Order | Winner's Single | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kika Kardoso | 1 | "Hero" | Winner |
| Rúben Mendes | 2 | "Hero" | Runner-up |
Series 3
References
External links
- Official Website (Portuguese)
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